Disparities in endoscopy use for colorectal cancer screening in the United States

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 530-537

  Gawron, Andrew J ^a   Yadlapati, Rena ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colonoscopy; Flexible sigmoidoscopy; Screening

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; CANCER SCREENING; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOSCOPIST; ENDOSCOPY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTESTINE PREPARATION; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES;

COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896710224     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-013-2937-x     Document Type: Review

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